योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-53, verse-31

क्षणं विरतिमायाति रतिमेति क्षणं स्वयम् ।
क्षणं विकारमायाति संकल्पेनैव बालवत् ॥ ३१ ॥

kṣaṇaṃ viratimāyāti ratimeti kṣaṇaṃ svayam ,
kṣaṇaṃ vikāramāyāti saṃkalpenaiva bālavat 31

31. kṣaṇaṃ viratim āyāti ratim eti kṣaṇaṃ svayam
kṣaṇaṃ vikāram āyāti saṅkalpena eva bālavat

31. saṅkalpena eva bālavat kṣaṇaṃ viratim āyāti
kṣaṇaṃ svayam ratim eti kṣaṇaṃ vikāram āyāti

31. For a moment it (the mind) attains cessation (detachment), then for a moment it spontaneously experiences attachment. For a moment it undergoes transformation, all by mere will (saṅkalpa), just like a child.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षणं (kṣaṇaṁ) - for a moment (for a moment, instantly)

• विरतिम् (viratim) - cessation (cessation, rest, detachment)

• आयाति (āyāti) - attains (comes, approaches, attains)

• रतिम् (ratim) - attachment (pleasure, delight, attachment, love)

• एति (eti) - attains (goes, comes, attains)

• क्षणं (kṣaṇaṁ) - for a moment (for a moment, instantly)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously (oneself, by oneself, spontaneously)

• क्षणं (kṣaṇaṁ) - for a moment (for a moment, instantly)

• विकारम् (vikāram) - change, transformation (change, transformation, modification, disorder)

• आयाति (āyāti) - undergoes (literally 'comes to') (comes, approaches, attains)

• सङ्कल्पेन (saṅkalpena) - by will (saṅkalpa) (by will, by intention, by determination)

• एव (eva) - mere(ly) (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• बालवत् (bālavat) - like a child (like a child, childishly)

Words meanings and morphology

क्षणं (kṣaṇaṁ) - for a moment (for a moment, instantly)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, leisure, festival

Root: kṣaṇ (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially.

विरतिम् (viratim) - cessation (cessation, rest, detachment)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of virati

virati - cessation, rest, pause, detachment, abstinence

आयाति (āyāti) - attains (comes, approaches, attains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

present active third person singular

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

रतिम् (ratim) - attachment (pleasure, delight, attachment, love)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rati

rati - rest, pleasure, delight, love, attachment

Root: ram (class 1)

एति (eti) - attains (goes, comes, attains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

present active third person singular

Root: i (class 2)

क्षणं (kṣaṇaṁ) - for a moment (for a moment, instantly)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, leisure, festival

Root: kṣaṇ (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially.

स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously (oneself, by oneself, spontaneously)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use.

क्षणं (kṣaṇaṁ) - for a moment (for a moment, instantly)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, leisure, festival

Root: kṣaṇ (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially.

विकारम् (vikāram) - change, transformation (change, transformation, modification, disorder)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vikāra

vikāra - change, alteration, transformation, modification, distortion, ailment

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

आयाति (āyāti) - undergoes (literally 'comes to') (comes, approaches, attains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

present active third person singular

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

सङ्कल्पेन (saṅkalpena) - by will (saṅkalpa) (by will, by intention, by determination)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of saṅkalpa

saṅkalpa - will, intention, determination, resolve, conception, desire

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

एव (eva) - mere(ly) (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

बालवत् (bālavat) - like a child (like a child, childishly)

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat (similarity)

Note: Used as an adverb.

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